Edmund Ironside

Edmund Ironside (988-30 November 1016) was the king of England from 23 April to 30 November 1016, succeeding Aethelred the Unready and preceding Cnut the Great.

Biography
Edmund Ironside was the son of King Aethelred the Unready, an English king who lost the throne to the Viking king Sweyn Forkbeard in 1013 but reclaimed it in 1014. His father died two years later in 1016, and Edmund succeeded him. Sweyn's son Cnut the Great tried to retake his father's lands, causing a battle between the English and the Vikings at the Battle of Ashingdon. At the battle, on 18 October 1016, Cnut reconquered England and Edmund died in London. His son Edward the Confessor would retake the throne in 1042 from Harthacnut.